Woke?

[Pete65]

What does "woke" mean?

And "deep state"?

[Peter Pedant]

Pete unless you are a bot, it is better to google it

[Buenchico]

Using it's original meaning, 'woke' is a positive characteristic.  i.e. "aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)".

However, in a somewhat similar way to describing someone as a 'do-gooder' (which, on the surface, ought to be a positive thing but which is generally used pejoratively), saying that someone is 'woke' (or that they've 'got a woke agenda') is often used as a criticism by those who don't subscribe to liberal values.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woke

 

'Deep state' is a favourite term of conspiracy theorists!

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep%20state

[Pete65]

Great stuff, gentlemen!

Thank you, kindly!

[newmodarmy]

woke to me is similar to what we'd mean decades ago by saying someone was 'right on'